New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-04
IJGHT jC1\TED.

DO Senators Understand that the country
needs information? Locked up Ill Senatorial
committee rooms there is a vast body OF lnlor-
nation, which would 60 far to decide the COM
ing Presidential election if the people could be
brought to understand it. Many Senators as
sumo that the people have this information
.ircadv bccausc. i'm the narrow circle in which
even the most popular and active Senator
moves. his acquaintance are iouhd Iaii'E IN
formed But these gentlemen are mistaken.
Rcpublican malOrticS III many OF the States
would have been much Ian ger. KcpuDiican dc-
tcats in other states would have been turned
into victories, if the people had really known
,bat Official documents III the possession Of the
Senate abundanty prove Ihcic 10 vast
amount Of Ignorance to he met. otherwise
scnsihI. citizens w,uld not be found believing.
nor would any pubic journal be 'Hnd saying
flat there was no difference between parties
in rc1.ald to the tariff that The present Admins
ration had improved the public service, or de
served credit for leaning toward reform, or had
administered the finances with wisdom and
shrcwdncss. or hal defended the interests Of
tie Nation in its foreign relations with vIgor.
There are in Senate piGcon-holcs thousands
of documents showing the removal ~ faithful
ctli,ial. or their enforced designations, for no
other reason than to mako places ior Demo
cratic partisanS. There are documents snow
ing the character of Il great hl!lnpci oi inc
Presidents appoin, cs, and also showing no"
objections to these men were known To other
Democrats and made known to the President,
without preventing their appointment. There
are many .on>pcolIs cases Of hCaltlcSS injustice
10 Union veterans, md OF cagcrnc>s To reward
and honor persons whose only claim was based
uuon pccuiiarly offensive and wicked palticl-
puion IN treason. Then there are Documents
Iv The thousand which prove how the public
service ha, dctcfioiaicd III it, different branches.
Nv reason of the numerous changes mace. ana
especially because Of the appointment OF I'M
Trustworthy and unfit men. There are docu-
mont, which show how many more officers and
clerks arc demanded by heads Of various
1lau,lc, Of the service, IN order To get WORK
done -, all thar was we'll done 10y fewer Re
u;lLiican,. There are documents which show
now much these additions to the public service
have cost: what the country has to pay Tor the
Injury Of "A Reform Administration.
These are orly mentioned as samples. y
vast body Oi Slith lHIhllIldtluh - III lH' l'N''>
SION or within the reach Of senators. CONS to
show how the Government has actually been
administered in Democratic hands. That his
Tory. that proof, the people ought to have be
iorc them. Not IN drcary and monSirous vol
umcs. which nobody in this age Of tclcEraphN
viii stop To read II is the chronic wee OF Con
r1cssmcn that they suppose millions Of iclio"-
citizen, are spending their entire lives III cN-
tracing the meat from Congressional undi-
ec,tcd reports and yolummonS spccchcS brri.
COMPACT. incl,ivc and cican-cut statements
disclosing what the Government has actually
come to be-. and cmbodylng IN condensed form
the meat # countess and endless official vol
umcs, are hat Is needed. Thirty years ago
reports on Kansas and on the conduct Of Dem
ocratic administrations IN other respects. Gle
waited certain statesmen To a h"h place In the
regard and honor of their countrymcn W hat
senator will graphic to himself the ahcc'lon
Of good citizens for thirty years to come D!
doing a similar public service now Inc ''''H-
tly needs 10 know what >orl Of Administration
tai, is and when 1t docs ii viii take care not t.
nave ano,hcr ike IL.